35 notifications on cocoa, coffee and tea from Belgium since 1 January 2020. That is 3% of all EU notifications on products from Belgium and 5% of all notifications on cocoa, coffee and tea from any origin; Belgium ranks 4 of 73 origins for this category. 10 in the 365 days to 8 November 2026, against 5 in the 365 days before, up 100%.
Most reported: foreign bodies (7), undeclared tree nuts (7) and ochratoxin A (5). 0% were border rejections (30% for cocoa, coffee and tea from all origins) and 63% had a serious risk decision. The products named most often were chocolate products (22), coffee (7) and cocoa (1).
Counts start on 1 January 2020 and run to 8 November 2026, the day the list was last read. A notification that names two countries of origin counts for each. Findings come from our word list matched against the EU subject line, which is never shown; 96% of all notifications match it, the rest count as other finding. Each reference links to the official record on RASFF Window. How this works.
Latest notifications on cocoa, coffee and tea from Belgium
The newest 25 of 35, newest first, each built from fixed word lists. The reference opens the official record.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: chlorpyrifos in chocolate products from Belgium and the Netherlands, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2026.9443, validated 22 October 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: undeclared soy in chocolate products from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.8365, validated 21 September 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ochratoxin A in coffee from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.5798, validated 1 July 2026.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: caffeine in coffee from Belgium, risk decision not serious, reference 2026.4883, validated 3 June 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: ochratoxin A in coffee from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.4679, validated 28 May 2026.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: undeclared tree nuts in chocolate products from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.2664, validated 27 March 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: foreign bodies in chocolate products from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2026.1604, validated 26 February 2026.
- Information for attention notified by Belgium: fraud or adulteration for chocolate products from Belgium, risk decision potential risk, reference 2026.0933, validated 4 February 2026.
- Alert notified by Belgium: foreign bodies in cocoa from Belgium and France, risk decision serious, reference 2025.9693, validated 4 December 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ochratoxin A in coffee from Belgium, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.8839, validated 12 November 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: undeclared gluten in chocolate products from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2025.6013, validated 7 August 2025.
- Alert notified by Belgium: Salmonella in chocolate products from Belgium and Italy, risk decision serious, reference 2025.3968, validated 3 June 2025.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: foreign bodies in chocolate products from Belgium and Spain, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2025.2388, validated 1 April 2025.
- Alert notified by Spain: foreign bodies in chocolate products from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2025.2366, validated 31 March 2025.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in chocolate products from Belgium, risk decision not serious, reference 2024.9573, validated 24 December 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: unauthorised novel food in cocoa, coffee or tea from Belgium and the Netherlands, risk decision potential risk, reference 2024.7570, validated 15 October 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by the Netherlands: mineral oil hydrocarbons (MOSH, MOAH) in coffee from Belgium, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.6080, validated 7 August 2024.
- Alert notified by Belgium: undeclared milk in chocolate products from Belgium and France, risk decision serious, reference 2024.5180, validated 5 July 2024.
- Alert notified by Belgium: ochratoxin A in coffee from Belgium, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2024.1733, validated 8 March 2024.
- Alert notified by Belgium: foreign bodies in chocolate products from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2024.1169, validated 20 February 2024.
- Alert notified by the Netherlands: foreign bodies in chocolate products from Belgium and Switzerland, risk decision serious, reference 2024.0290, validated 15 January 2024.
- Information for follow up notified by Belgium: ochratoxin A in coffee from Belgium, risk decision potentially serious, reference 2023.7218, validated 24 October 2023.
- Alert notified by Belgium: foreign bodies in chocolate products from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2023.2615, validated 19 April 2023.
- Alert notified by Belgium: undeclared tree nuts in cocoa, coffee or tea from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2023.1997, validated 23 March 2023.
- Alert notified by Belgium: undeclared tree nuts in chocolate products from Belgium, risk decision serious, reference 2022.7533, validated 23 December 2022.
More: all notifications on products from Belgium and cocoa, coffee and tea from every origin.
The numbers
| Year | Notifications |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 8 |
| 2023 | 3 |
| 2024 | 7 |
| 2025 | 6 |
| 2026 (to 8 Nov 2026) | 8 |
| Type | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | 24 | 69% |
| Information for follow up | 7 | 20% |
| Information for attention | 4 | 11% |
| Risk decision | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Serious | 22 | 63% |
| Potentially serious | 6 | 17% |
| Potential risk | 2 | 6% |
| Not serious | 2 | 6% |
| Undecided | 3 | 9% |
| Finding | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Foreign bodies | 7 | 20% |
| Undeclared tree nuts | 7 | 20% |
| Ochratoxin A | 5 | 14% |
| Salmonella | 5 | 14% |
| Fraud or adulteration | 2 | 6% |
| Illness reported after eating it | 2 | 6% |
| Labelling faults | 2 | 6% |
| Undeclared milk | 2 | 6% |
| Caffeine | 1 | 3% |
| Chlorpyrifos | 1 | 3% |
| Product | Notifications |
|---|---|
| Chocolate products | 22 |
| Coffee | 7 |
| Cocoa | 1 |
| Notifying country | Notifications | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 26 | 74% |
| Netherlands | 6 | 17% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| European Commission | 1 | 3% |
| Hungary | 1 | 3% |
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